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Moroni Hides the Plates in the Hill Cumorah (Moroni Burying the Plates), by Tom Lovell
Mosiah 1:6
KnoWhy #366
September 21, 2017
Why Were the Plates Present During the Translation of the Book of Mormon?
King Benjamin's Speech by Minerva Teichert
Mosiah 1:10
KnoWhy #79
April 15, 2016
Why Is the Theme of Kingship So Prominent in King Benjamin's Speech?
Artistic replicas of the gold plates, the sword of Laban, and the Liahona by David Baird. Photo by Daniel Smith.
Mosiah 1:16
KnoWhy #557
April 14, 2020
Why Did the Nephites Preserve Some Items as “National Treasures”?
Photograph by Book of Mormon Central
Mosiah 2:4
KnoWhy #394
December 28, 2017
Did the Nephites Have a “Holiday Season” Like We Do Today?
Image of King Benjamin's Speech by Walter Rane via lds.org
Mosiah 2:6
KnoWhy #80
April 18, 2016
Why Did the Nephites Stay in Their Tents During King Benjamin’s Speech?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
Mosiah 2:17
KnoWhy #308
May 3, 2017
How Are Acts of Service Related to Wisdom?
Pandemonium by John Martin, 1841 via Wikipedia.
Mosiah 2:38
KnoWhy #81
April 19, 2016
Why Do the Scriptures Compare Hell to an Unquenchable Fire?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
Mosiah 2:41
KnoWhy #367
September 26, 2017
What Does it Really Mean to be Blessed For Keeping the Commandments?
Jesus healing a blind man. Image via lds.org
Mosiah 3:5
KnoWhy #508
March 28, 2019
Why Did Christ Perform Miracles?
Gethsemane by J. Kirk Richards.
Mosiah 3:7
KnoWhy #520
June 13, 2019
Did Jesus Bleed from Every Pore?
El rey Benjamin by Jorge Cocco.
Mosiah 3:8
KnoWhy #536
October 17, 2019
Why Did Benjamin Give Multiple Names for Jesus at the Coronation of his Son Mosiah?
Christ in Jerusalem via lds.org
Mosiah 3:17
KnoWhy #275
February 15, 2017
How Are Atonement, Resurrection, Judgment, and Redemption Interconnected?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
Mosiah 3:19
KnoWhy #311
May 10, 2017
How Can One Overcome the Natural Man?
“The Rebuke of Adam and Eve,” by Charles Joseph Natoire
Mosiah 3:19
KnoWhy #505
March 7, 2019
What Makes Mankind an Enemy to God?
Rogier van der Weyden. The Descent from the Cross. (c.1435) Museo del Prado, Madrid via Wikipedia.
Mosiah 4:2
KnoWhy #82
April 20, 2016
Why Does King Benjamin Emphasize the Blood of Christ?
Christ’s Image by Heinrich Hofmann via lds.org
Mosiah 4:7
KnoWhy #261
January 13, 2017
Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Doctrinal Ideas About Christ?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
Mosiah 4:9
KnoWhy #314
May 17, 2017
How Did King Benjamin Teach His People to Trust God More?
Prayer and Scripture Study via lds.org
Mosiah 4:19
KnoWhy #297
April 7, 2017
How Can the Book of Mormon Help Saints Live the Law of Consecration?
Jesus and the Little Children via lds.org
Mosiah 5:7
KnoWhy #307
May 1, 2017
Why Did King Benjamin Say That His People Would be Sons and Daughters at God’s Right Hand?
The chiasm found in Mosiah 5 by John W. Welch
Mosiah 5:10–12
KnoWhy #166
August 16, 2016
Why Is the Presence of Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon Significant?
Image via Book of Mormon Central
Mosiah 5:11–12
KnoWhy #343
July 24, 2017
Can Chiasmus Survive Translation?
King Benjamin used the ancient near eastern practice of parallelism in his famous speech. Image via lds.org
Mosiah 5:11
KnoWhy #83
April 21, 2016
Why Did King Benjamin Use Poetic Parallels So Extensively?
Image via Book of Mormon Central
Mosiah 5:11
KnoWhy #353
August 16, 2017
How Was Chiasmus Discovered in the Book of Mormon?
Image of Sealed Document via John W. Welch.
Mosiah 5:15
KnoWhy #558
April 21, 2020
How Does Christ “Seal You His”?
King Benjamin by Jeremy Winborg
Mosiah 6:6
KnoWhy #84
April 22, 2016
Why Were Benjamin and Mosiah Such Beloved and Effective Leaders?
King Limhi Sitting on his Throne. Image via lds.org
Mosiah 7:9
KnoWhy #85
April 25, 2016
Why Are Mormon's Extensive Quotations of Limhi Significant?
The Gold Plates via lds.org
Mosiah 7:25
KnoWhy #369
October 3, 2017
How Do the Covenants in the Scriptures Apply to Me Today?
“Caracters Document” via the Community of Christ
Mosiah 8:12
KnoWhy #515
May 9, 2019
What Do We Know About the “Anthon Transcript”?
Illustration of the Kinderhook plates and the Nauvoo Neighbor broadside. Image via Book of Mormon Central
Mosiah 8:12–13
KnoWhy #454
July 31, 2018
What Do the Kinderhook Plates Reveal About Joseph Smith’s Gift of Translation?
The Spectacles or Interpreters by Anthony Sweat
Mosiah 8:15
KnoWhy #86
April 26, 2016
Why is a Seer Greater than a Prophet?
Stalk of Barley via Wikimedia commons.
Mosiah 9:9
KnoWhy #87
April 27, 2016
How Can Barley in the Book of Mormon Feed Faith?
Egyptian Sword. Image via Wikimedia Commons
Mosiah 9:16
KnoWhy #472
October 2, 2018
Why Does the Book of Mormon Mention Cimeters?